Preliminary Announcement/Call for Papers
MID-AMERICA LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE
October 14-15, 1994 - The University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS
The 1994 Mid-America Linguistics Conference will continue its 29-year
tradition of accepting papers on all linguistics topics. The plenary
speaker will be Stephen Anderson, Johns Hopkins University.
This year there will be two special interest parallel sessions:
- In conjunction with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the
Department of African and African-American Studies at the
University of Kansas, sessions are planned on African languages,
African-American English, and creoles used by people of African
descent. The plenary speaker for these sessions will be Salikoko
Mufwene, University of Chicago.
- In addition, in recognition of the long-standing interest in Native
American languages at the University of Kansas as well as the recent
practice of having the Mid-America Linguistics Conference meet jointly
with the Conference on Siouan and Caddoan Languages, parallel sessions
are planned on Muskogean, Caddoan, and other southeast Indian languages.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, August 29, 1994.
For additional information about program content, contact:
Frances Ingemann Tel. (913) 864-3450
Linguistics Department Fax. (913) 864-5208
University of Kansas E-mail: fingukanvm.bitnet
Lawrence, KS 66045 fingukanvm.cc.ukans.edu

Call for papers
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XV SYMPOSIUM ON SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE BILINGUALSIM
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11-12 NOVEMBER 1994
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
Papers addressing one or more of the following topics will be considered:
code-switching
bilingual syntax
bilingualism and identity
bilingualsim and cognition
language attrition in bilingual communities
language planning in bilingual communities
Please forward three copies of a one-page abstract (title only, no name
or affiliation) and an index card with your name, address, phone/fax,
e-mail, affiliation, and title of paper to:
Tom Stephens and Carl Kirschner
XV Symposium on Spanish and Portuguese Bilingualism
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0270 USA
Deadline for submission of abstract is JUNE 15, 1994 -- notification of
acceptance by JULY 15, 1994.
Inquiries: stephenszodiac.rutgers.edu or
kirschnerzodiac.rutgers.edu

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Workshops on Language Change and Language Acquisition
preceding
The 25th Annual Meeting of the
North East Linguistics Society
October 13, 1994
University of Pennsylvania
CALL FOR PAPERS
deadline for submission of abstracts: August 9, 1994
The Institute for Research on Cognitive Science will sponsor two workshops on
October 13th, 1994, the day preceding the start of NELS 25. The workshops
address to areas from the point of view of formal linguistic theory:
Workshop I: Language Change
(historical linguistics, as well as change in progress)
Workshop II: Language Acquisition
We invite anonymous 1-page abstracts for 20-minute papers on either of these
topics (8-1/2" by 11", single-spaced, in 12 point type with 1" margins).
Send 5 copies to "Language Change Workshop" or "Language Acquisition
Workshop" at the following address, accompanied by a 3x5 card stating the title
of the paper, your address and affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address.
Linguistics Department
619 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
As noted in a previous announcement, NELS 25 itself will take place October
14-16, 1994. The deadline for submission of abstracts to NELS is July 26.
Abstracts should be anonymous and TWO pages in length (the second page need
not be limited to data and/or references); formatting requirements are
otherwise the same as for the workshops. Send 10 copies of the abstract
together with a 3x 5 card showing the title of the paper, the author's address
and affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address to:
Questions can be directed to Gene Buckley and Sabine Iatridou at
nels25babel.ling.upenn.edu.
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